The UN Road Safety Fund at the 2026 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Road Safety
As per UN General Assembly resolution A/80/L.46 the UNGA High-Level Meeting on Road Safety (HLM), will take place the 20–21 July under the theme “Scaling up and accelerating implementation of commitments to halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030”. It is a key opportunity for the global community to mobilize stronger commitments, sustainable financing, and coordinated action to address the global road safety crisis and accelerate progress toward SDG target 3.6.
UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference
Accelerating Road Safety and SDG Progress Through Multistakeholder Commitments
20 July 2026 | UN Headquarters, New York City
We are pleased to inform Member States and partners that the UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference will take place on Monday, 20 July 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST) at CR 11, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Co-hosted by France, Jamaica, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, and the UN Regional Commissions New York Office, the Conference will serve as an important platform for multi-stakeholder commitments that reinforce and replenish the UN Road Safety Fund. It aims to mobilise USD 10.6 million to sustain and expand UNRSF interventions, enabling the Fund to drive stronger, more coordinated road safety action and impact during the second half of the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
Watch live here: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13bss1ju0
Programme
High-level Opening Segment
10:00 – 10:40
- Opening remarks, H.E. Marie-Pierre Vedrene, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Interior, France
- Opening remarks, H.E. Daryl Vaz, Minister of Transport, Jamaica (video message)
- Opening remarks, H.E. Brian Wallace, Permanent Representative, Jamaica
- Opening remarks, Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety
- Opening remarks, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization
Scene Setter
10:40 – 11:10
- UNRSF Results & 2026 – 2030 Strategic Plan, Nneka Henry, Head UN Road Safety Fund
High-level Pledging Segment
11:10 – 12:19
- Opening remarks by H.E. Abdessamad Kayouh, Minister of Transport and Logistics, Morocco
- Member State Pledges and Statements of Appreciation
- Multistakeholder Pledges and Statements of Appreciation
Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Target
12:19-12:30
- Final reflections and way forward, Thilmeeza Hussain, Director Regional Commissions New York Office
12:30 End
Event Documents
Relive Past Pledging Conferences
- Relive the 2025 UNRSF High-Level Pledging Forum here.
- Relive the 2022 UNRSF High-Level Pledging Forum here.
- Revisit the 2018 UNRSF inaugural pledges here.
Contact
For further information please contact:
Public Engagements Officer: valeria.motta@un.org
Program Management Assistant: aleksandra.kokoreva@un.org